Blog #19

     In many ways perfecting yourself is a hard task, however Benjamin Franklin attempted to do so. Even though he failed, he succeeded in the fact that he tried and applied these thirteen ways to perfect one's self in trying to perfect himself. Moral perfection takes strength, will power, and determination. I believe no one is perfect and it is difficult to try to be perfect and in many ways impossible. However, it does not hurt to try, it is only harmful to one's self if you do not try and be the best that you can be. I tried to morally perfect myself, and from the thirteen I chose these three, Temperance, Order, and Cleanliness.

     Temperance is a hard virtue to master, in the fact that sometimes in the everyday life you may not be able to control yourself in eating or drinking. On Thursday I went to Panda Inn with my family, and it was very difficult for me to not eat excessively, considering Chinese is my favorite food. However I tried my best not to over eat, and I succeeded. When I felt that it was going to be excessive I stopped myself and I accomplished that moral perfection for the day.

     For some order may be very difficult, because some are just very messy, disorganized, and simply do not have order in their everyday lives. I, on the other hand, am very organized, and some even say I have OCD. Everything in my life has its place and purpose, and if one thing is moved I will be able to tell and it does bug me, it is my pet peeve. Because it is so easy for me to be organized and have order, this moral perfection was a piece of cake, and I succeeded.

     Cleanliness and order go together, because of their similarities, nut I used them in two different ways. Cleanliness can be considered being clean hygiene wise, or having a clean room. For Saturday I used cleanliness, for the clean room aspect. My room is usually not messy because of the moral perfection order I have mastered. However I felt it did need some touching up, so I made my bed in the morning, dusted my room, and put everything in its place. This moral perfection like order was a piece of cake, not difficult for me at all.

     All three moral perfections in and of itself are difficult to perfect in one's self. I tried my best to succeed which I think I did. I'm very proud of myself and feel as though one trying to perfect one's self is a very honorable thing. Benjamin Franklin trying to attempt perfecting all thirteen virtues is a wonderful and honorable thing.